Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2011

Without operating in the former, they won't be able to attain economies of scale; sans the latter, they're unlikely to continue developing state-of-the-art technologies. Last year, at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in China, we spoke with one of the country's most celebrated scientists, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists.

Globalization 13

Globalization Marketing Venture Capitalist Biotechnology 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

In the Bay Area, however, small venture capitalists, many of whom were ex-engineers themselves, invested in entrepreneurs. Founded in 2011, and based on Steve Blank’s lean startup principles , I-Corps was designed to help bridge the gap between discovery and commercialization often known as the valley of death. .

Technology 8

Technology Venture Funding Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

Recently, I had the privilege of moderating a conference of global entrepreneurs and venture capitalists in Mumbai — an event called Founders Forum India. The Indian government sponsored the introduction of 3G services in 2011 with a $30 billion spectrum auction. This expansion isn't just domestic.

Venture Capitalist 13

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Conference Wireless 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2016

The initial breakthrough came in 1987, but the first drug wasn’t approved until 2011. “But here, we can operate within the time frame of the next coffee break.” “Venture capitalists are looking for rapid exits and researchers are pretty much stuck with the idea that they came to the party with.

Technology 8

Technology Venture Capitalist Supply Chain Innovation 8

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

But it sets the precedent for repeatedly using these tactics at critical moments – not to mention a kind of ‘mission creep’ by which corner-cutting begins to invade operations even when they aren’t at a critical crossroads. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. About the Author. All rights reserved.

Company 62

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 62

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2012

A 2011 IBM study of over 3,000 CIOs revealed that CIO-CEO alignment is stronger than ever, with traditional companies aggressively investing in technology innovation. As Adam Davidson recently argued , "Today, the computer moves the cutting tool and the operator needs to know how to talk to the computer.".

Technology 14

Technology Venture Capitalist CIO ROI 14

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

But it sets the precedent for repeatedly using these tactics at critical moments – not to mention a kind of ‘mission creep’ by which corner-cutting begins to invade operations even when they aren’t at a critical crossroads. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. About the Author. All rights reserved.

Company 50

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 50

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Venture capitalists have their radar out for and provide ample resources for the catalysts to scale up very quickly. In 2011 GE, the company famous for exporting great leaders, imported one when it recruited Bill Ruh from Cisco to lead GE’s push into software and analytics. Make the tough calls on people.

Short-term 8

Short-term How To Venture Capitalist CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2013

If you ask venture capitalists in Silicon Valley how they measure the success of business entrepreneurs, they would no doubt list off metrics having to do with fast growth: funding raised, people hired, customers acquired, revenue produced. The assumption is that company growth is good.

Venture Capitalist 9

Venture Capitalist Mentor Microfinance NGO 9

Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2011

There are two basic operating modes for organizations under high-stakes execution pressure. He was named one of the country’s Top 100 venture capitalists in 2009 by AlwaysOn and has led investments in many successful high-growth companies as a partner at several Bay Area VC firms. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

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CEO How To Venture Capitalist Follow-up 57

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Venture capitalist Mark Andreessen, a target of Icahn’s attacks as a board member at eBay, recently likened the 78-year-old to a six-year-old. In 2011 it was $2 billion , good for third place. Wait a while. If necessary, write another letter, or a few tweets. Sell stock in the company. He reportedly took home compensation of $1.7

Hedge 8

Hedge Venture Capitalist Letter Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

By mid-2004, however, the operation was mired in conflict over control and differences in management style. Zhou reportedly felt that the original Yahoos were overpaid and lazy, whereas the Yahoo team felt bullied and believed Zhou wasn’t focused on the Yahoo operations. Those issues slowed us down on the product side as well.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

Venture capitalists, who generally have been standoffish to the ICO phenomenon, are now becoming more interested in it for a number of reasons. Most made their money early on by buying or mining bitcoin when it was still under $10 (in the early days of 2011-2013). Insight Center. Business in the Era of Blockchain.

Venture Capitalist 12

Venture Capitalist Due Diligence Finance Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2018

They operate as lean organizations, using cloud and internet-based infrastructure, and launch and distribute products more quickly than did firms that competed with factories, warehouses, inventories, and suppliers. Emerging digital firms compete with knowledge, strategy, and expert human capital, attacking even the largest established firms.

IPO 11

IPO Company First-mover Advantage Intangible Assets 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

Venture capitalists tout their latest investments as potential disruptors. Well, since 1985, Intel has generated cumulative operating income before depreciation of $287.4 Since 1985, Microsoft has generated $325 billion in operating profit cumulatively before depreciation. How has this strategy worked? Absolutely.

Innovation 8

Innovation Disruptive Innovation Venture Capitalist Depreciation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2013

However, if you need capital to validate, you are operating in a zone that will be full of very dark hours. But in 2011, $30 billion was invested by angels and $24 billion by Series A venture capitalists. If one assumes each angel deal was $300,000 per deal, then about 100,000 deals were done in 2011.

Incubator 8

Incubator Stage-Gate Venture Capitalist How To 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2013

The pressure on the company by the investing community (among others) was so severe that it eventually split into two, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions in January of 2011. As Dell''s public statements have pronounced, these changes will reduce near-term profitability, raise operating and capital expenditures and involve a lot of risk.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Restructuring Competitive Advantage Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

In 2011, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen declared that “software is eating the world.” Walmart is the country’s largest employer and largest company by revenue and it reached that position through an operating model made possible by proprietary logistics software.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2018

Indeed, from 2011 to 2017, the GAFAM companies (Google/Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft) acquired more than 65 leading-edge European technology companies. In many cases, as with Skype, the size of the European operation shrank after the acquisition.

Company 8

Company Venture Capitalist GDP Retail 8